Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
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History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
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The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.
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It could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.
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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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